Leroy looked up at her then he shook his head.“Girl, what do you think you are fucking doin’?”
“Getting justice for Mama.”She aimed the rifle right at his face.
“Bethy...”Maudie stepped up close to her side.“You can’t do this.”
“Oh, yes I can.I know how to use a rifle.”
“Baby girl, I know how you feel,” Mudie tried again.
“You don’t.He murdered my mother.”She sobbed.“He broke all her bones!”
“Dale killed both my parents, so Idoknow,” Maudie admitted quietly.
Bethy paused when she heard this and the rifle lowered a bit.
“He ain’t worth it, Bethy,” Maudie went on.“You can’t blacken your soul by being like him.You got Micah and Tannin here.They need ya.”
Bethy’s hands shook as she kept the gun on her dad.
He now looked afraid that she might let the rifle slip and shoot him anyway.
After a tense minute, Bethy finally lowered it.
King stepped close and carefully took the rifle from her.
Bethy glared at her father.“I am happy about the fact that while you are drying out...You will see her and hear her.You won’t be able to get away from your bad deeds now.”Tears rolled down her cheeks.
Tannin placed his arm around her and moved her away.
Chapter Ten
Maudie stayed as shestared at Leroy.“When you kept hitting her, you told her she meant nothing to you.You said she would never see Bethy again.Althena screamed her name just before you snapped her neck.”
His eyes widened upon hearing this as he looked ashen and kept shaking his head.
Nodding, Maudie stepped closer to add in a whisper, “Tell her hello from me when she visits you tonight.”
